Last year, a
missionary was preparing to leave the field.
He told us to come by his house because he had some things to give
us. He gave us four hockey sticks and
two hockey pucks. I thought that was a
strange thing to have in Africa. Street
hockey is not really an option here because most of the roads are dirt roads. I guess it would work if you had a cement
slab or something.
Anyway, one of those
hockey sticks sure came in handy this week!
My husband had just left to take Gilbert, our oldest son, to the
doctor. The other two children had just
gone down for naps. I was going to take
advantage of nap time too since I was up early that morning with Gilbert, our
son who has been sick. Just as I was
preparing to lie down, I saw movement by the door that goes out to the back
porch where the washer and dryer are.
The door was shut, but somehow a green mamba squeezed his way
through. Those snakes move very
quickly! It went under our dresser. I bent down to keep an eye on
the snake while I yelled for Danny, our six-year-old son. I told Danny he could keep an eye on the
snake or go get Isaac, the guy who works in the yard. He is no dummy! He chose to go get Isaac. I was hoping and praying that Isaac was still
outside. I told Danny to have him bring
the machete or something. Isaac came in
with a hockey stick in hand. I showed
him where the snake was, and the chase was on.
It was moving so fast that he was having a hard time pinning it down to
the ground. After several tries, he
killed the snake. Praise the Lord that I
saw the snake come in and that Isaac was still here to kill it!
Our daughter was
standing there with a look of horror saying, “Mama! Mama! Mama!” It is a wonder that anyone was able to take a
nap after that! Bonnie was hearing
noises in her room for a few minutes, but both of the children eventually went
to sleep. I was wide awake! Now I know a great reason to have a hockey
stick in Africa!
If you have a
language blooper or a funny story that you would like to share with us, please
e-mail them to me at lo@consfords.com. Please include the name of each family member, your field of
service, and a picture of your family if possible.
Until next week, keep
your sunny side up!
2 comments:
We have friends in Kenya that found a cobra in her curler bag. Her brave husband killed it with some kind of a knife. (I think I would have been in the next country somewhere!) You know, a video of that guy with the hockey stick would have been priceless! :o)
Wow! Well done.
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